So I was at a party drinking heavily out in the ghetto a couple of weeks ago. Yeah, I know, drinking probably wasn’t the best idea after the night I had, but a fifth of rum later, I didn’t really care that much any more. But I noticed, even in my drunken fervor, that the word facebook flew more that I had ever heard it at a party. Were the pictures I was taking going to be up there, we’re we friends on there so you could tag the photos, I’ll facebook you tomorrow and maybe we can go do something, ad nauseum. In that instant, I realized one immutable truth (and for those that have been around that long, yes there was an entry with that name. Quite a while ago.). It’s now socially acceptable to be a complete and utter computer nerd. People are now attached to their technology more than ever before. And it makes a computer nerd like me sick. I used to be in a position of power, behind my keyboard, wielding the wordly secrets as I traversed the internet, conversing with people across the nation, even the earth, and being content at staring into the screen for hours at a time. Now, I’m just one of the mindless, faceless masses attached at the hip with facebook, instant messaging, myspace, online gaming and a whole plethora of other things that are centered around the computer. I still feel solace with the fact that I am one of the upper echelon of the users, knowing not just what things do, but why and how, which does separate me from the masses.  But I can say that it still hurts because my hallowed digital ground is definitely not as pristine as when I started years and years ago.